Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it had disabled a “majority” of the offensive keywords that BuzzFeed found could be used by advertisers to target people searching for racist and anti-Semitic topics. Google, the world’s biggest advertising platform, not only allowed advertisers to target searches such as “Why do Jews ruin everything” but also suggested the user […]

Facebook gave special counsel Robert Mueller more records on Russian ad purchases than it provided to Congress last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The information provided to Mueller included copies of the ads, information about the accounts buying them and their targeting criteria, the people said, […]

Toys ‘R’ Us is working to put together a loan to fund its operations in a potential bankruptcy filing that could come before the holiday sales season, according to people familiar with the matter. The toy merchant’s move underscores the deep distress rippling through retailers of all sizes as consumers increasingly shop online at sellers […]

Solar power is growing exponentially as a key source to meet the world’s energy needs, the chief executive of a panel maker told CNBC on Friday. Steve O’Neil, CEO at Norway-headquartered firm REC, said that was likely due to the falling cost of solar energy as a result of technological developments. “Solar is growing exponentially […]

Barclays’ chief executive, under investigation for a 2016 incident, has done “a fantastic job” in restructuring the bank amid challenges such as Brexit, according to the British bank’s chairman. The bank’s CEO, Jes Staley, is being investigated by regulators regarding his individual conduct after he attempted to identify a whistle blower. Staley admitted to making […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appears committed to improving the country’s infrastructure as part of economic reform plans, and that could bring about huge opportunities for businesses, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation, told CNBC. “They really feel very keenly about making a major contribution in that sector and they’re allocating […]

The biggest factor influencing businesses today is technology, said a top bank executive on Friday from the Singapore Summit. “Technology is changing the way we operate. Technology will change competition, terms of competition and this is positive,” said BNP Paribas Chairman Jean Lemierre. “We need to accept this, we need to invest, we need to […]

North Korea may be alarming investors with its repeated missile launches, but markets will take the development in stride over the long term unless the threat of the pariah state worsens, Barclays Chairman John McFarlane said Friday. Asia woke up to news that the hermit state launched another missile early Friday, which landed in the […]

Investors are beginning to experience a “real challenge” in the face of current geopolitical tensions, largely due to North Korea’s provocations, according to Sheila Patel, CEO of International Goldman Sachs Asset Management. But while risk management is becoming a key talking point among wealth managers globally, it’s not possible to just apply a general formula […]

Indonesia’s ride-hailing company Go-Jek wants to imitate the massive success that Alibaba and Tencent have had in China by ushering in an era of digital payments. While Go-Jek started off as a motorbike and taxi hailing company, it has expanded its products to include things like food delivery, groceries and payments. Users can spend on […]